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Brian Cashman joined WFAN in New York with Boomer and Carton to discuss the New York Yankees being able to keep the Ichiro Suzuki deal a secret from the media for as long as they did, Ichiro Suzuki being rejuvenated at a chance to win a World Series and Ichiro Suzuki being willing to bat eighth in the Yankees lineup and play left field.

How does the Yankees organization talk to Ichiro Suzuki and Seattle for however long you talked to them without anybody getting wind of it?
"That's one thing we pride ourselves on over the last number of years. The only way to get deals done is to fly under the radar cause everybody starts knowing your business and the other teams jump in and either deals fall apart or somebody else trumps your deal or the articles start coming out and judging it for bad or good. You back away from the table, so you have to really keep this stuff out [of the media]. We've had a number of them. David Justice. Mark Teixeira. Andy Pettitte's return. The Michael Pineda deal. The Johnny Damon signing."

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Is Ichiro Suzuki rejuvenated at having a chance to win a World Series?
"Well that's certainly our hope. We really weren't out in the market place looking for things. This team has showed it has some depth. A lot of the guys have really stepped up and done a great job. I'm hesitant and resistant to try to move anything out of our system. When Brett Gardner didn't come back and needed surgery…he's 0-for-3 on rehab. Surgery is now the case, so here this week Randy Levine had a conversation with Chuck Armstrong. This started above the general manager's and I was unaware until the press conference that Ichiro Suzuki asked for a trade, but that's clearly why Chuck Armstrong had reached out to Randy Levine and then Randy carried the message. He said ‘Hey look what about this guy?' "

So you guys explained to Ichiro Suzuki that there was no guarantee that he would be batting leadoff and he wouldn't play right field once Nick Swisher is back? Did it take him a couple of days to understand that before he said yes to the trade?
"I certainly communicated as my job. The last thing I want to do is bring a player in here and have this develop in front of our fan base in New York in the largest media market, especially when you include of the greatest players in the world that's ever played and a future Hall of Famer. That stuff got checked prior to this deal, so all those boxes got checked off. Essentially provided the worst case scenario you are going to play left field and not right field because we have a right fielder and to fit into this team I am not moving teammates around that have been there for us, so he'd have to play left field. He would bat in the back of our lineup in the eight spot. He may well only play against right-handed pitching and not left-handed pitching, so all of these boxes were checked, so our manager has full ability to maneuver now without restriction. A player comes into a situation educated and understanding and willing to be a participant under those circumstances and we'll see where it takes us."

Jack Zduriencik joined 710 ESPN in Seattle with Brock and Salk to discuss the trade for Ichiro Suzuki coming together, the Seattle Mariners honoring Ichiro Suzuki's trade request and Ichiro Suzuki's emotions behind the scenes after the trade was announced yesterday in the Seattle Mariners locker room.

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How did this deal for Ichiro Suzuki come together?
"Well it's been a couple of weeks where Chuck [Armstrong] has had dialogue with Tony Attanasio [Ichiro Suzuki's Agent] and through the course of discussions Ichiro said that he would like to be traded to a club that was in contention. He felt it was in the best interest of the organization and for him to do this. That's how the whole thing started and as a result this is where we are at. We ended up consummating a deal yesterday."

Was the Ichiro Suzuki trade part of the plan all along? How did that work for you?
"Well anytime you have a player that has achieved the things that Ichiro Suzuki's has had and is revered and the stature that he has in this organization you have to respect that. That is just what a player that plays major league baseball or professional football or basketball. They get to a elite stage and I just think you respect a players request and as this thing worked out and they way it had Ichiro felt strongly that this was something he wanted to do and the organization with respect to Ichiro decided to honor his wishes."

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Was Ichiro Suzuki emotional behind the scenes after the press conference announcing the trade?
"Ichiro is a very, very respectful person. I think the times I have had one-on-one's with Ichiro, it's been…he has been very, very respectful in how he has handled himself and how he's made his statements and comments about things and I think yesterday we saw that. This was a guy that made a decision of what he wanted to do with the rest of his career. He's cut his teeth basically in this organization. Anybody that has been in an organization or on a job for this length of time like he's been and has been revered like he has been and then you decide it is time to turn the page there has to be a tremendous amount of emotions attached to it. I'm sure as he sat at that press conference it was very difficult to look at a lot of the faces there, going into an unknown situation if you will and leaving an organization that he'd been with his whole career. That's not easy for anybody and again in my own opinion I thought he handled it very well. Very professional and kudos go to him for how he handled it."

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